Senator Joe Manchin is calling for faster approval of high-voltage power lines as part of the permitting reform he has been seeking to pass for months. Manchin, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is calling for provisions in the reform for the federal government to intervene when electric transmission projects get “stuck at the state level,” the Senator is expected to say in prepared remarks at Wednesday’s hearing at the committee on the permitting reform. The committee is discussing today opportunities…
